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His goal of 18 majors is in serious doubt, but five years after his precipitous fall from grace, a rehabilitated Tiger Woods is entering the next phase of his career heading toward making another billion. Five years after driving into a fire hydrant in front of a neighbor's house in Isleworth, an accident that set off sordid tales of extramarital affairs and an exodus of sponsors, Woods returned to the exclusive enclave with high hopes restored. Feeling fit after a break from the PGA Tour to deal with back pain, Woods, 38, swung freely at last week's Hero World Challenge but his game was rusty. Off the course he flexed his fiscal muscles by announcing a new title sponsor for the...

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His goal of 18 majors is in serious doubt, but five years after his precipitous fall from grace, a rehabilitated Tiger Woods is entering the next phase of his career heading toward making another billion.Five years after driving into a fire hydrant in...

GLENEAGLES, Scotland, - The Ryder Cup delivered high drama yet again as Europe produced a stirring fightback to win three of the foursomes matches against the United States and take a 5-3 lead after a tense and hugely entertaining first day on Friday.
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American Ryder Cup rookies Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth expressed supreme confidence of earning a point for their team after being paired for a morning fourball on the opening day.Captain Tom Watson gave his two youngest players a massive vote of...

Lou Holtz started playing golf because it was a way for football coaches to glad-hand potential donors. He eventually became good enough at the game to lie about how good he really is.
Still, the best advice the former Notre Dame football coach...

Of all the names clumped near the top of the leaderboard in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Morgan Hoffman might have been the least likely to be on top Thursday.
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Morgan Hoffmann's day began with news that his 97-year-old grandmother died Thursday morning. It ended with his first lead on the PGA Tour. Hoffman began his round with a 35-foot birdie putt on No. 10 and finished it with a 9-iron that touched the hole...

Brendon de Jonge rolled in a pair of long putts on his way to a 2-under 69 and the 36-hole lead Friday in the Valspar Championship. Based on the holes remaining, he is halfway home to his first PGA Tour title. Considering how many players are still in the...

Even in the midst of a drought so long it looked as though Padraig Harrington's best golf was behind him, he never stopped working. Harrington won the rain-delayed Honda Classic in a playoff Monday with a 5-iron that settled 3 feet away on the par-3 17th,...

Whether he was piling up majors or playing so poorly that he lost his PGA Tour card, Padraig Harrington never wavered from one goal in golf. Just get him anywhere near the lead with nine holes to play, and he would happily take his chances. His caddie,...

Ian Poulter twice hit into water on the sixth hole, including his shot from the fifth tee. There was a three-shot swing on one hole, a two-shot swing on another. That was just the final hour of the Honda Classic on Sunday. And it might have been a prelude...

Ian Poulter didn't realize he had a three-shot lead in the Honda Classic, only that he was playing well enough to feel like he was in control of his game and the tournament. One shank changed everything Sunday. "That just came out of left...

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Padraig...

SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods is gone from Torrey Pines, and Phil Mickelson joined him Friday by missing the cut.
In a tournament that quickly lost a big chunk of its star power, Harris English played another bogey-free round for a 6-under 66 on the North...

Not long after Ted Bishop posted his infamous comments on social media -- the ones that referred to Ian Poulter as a "Lil Girl" -- the ousted PGA of America president realized he had made a mistake.
"I felt like throwing up," he...

Golf etiquette usually goes like this: When a player arrives at the tee, the crowd claps for a few moments before falling respectfully silent.
That's not what happened at the Ryder Cup two years ago at Medinah, outside Chicago.
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The Ryder Cup starts at 2:30 a.m. today in Scotland, meaning you've probably slept through the opening four-ball matches. Chances are you're happy to sleep through the entire thing.
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GLENEAGLES, Scotland -- Europe produced a stirring comeback to win three and halve one of their Ryder Cup foursomes matches against the United States and take a 5-3 lead after a typically tense, fluctuating and hugely entertaining first day on...

This time there was no freaky Friday for Rory McIlroy as a majestic second round gave him a four-shot stranglehold on the British Open at a sweltering Royal Liverpool course.Several second round blow-outs this season, the most recent at the Scottish Open,...

When everyone else wilted, Phil Mickelson hung on.
Coming down Merion Golf Club’s devious home stretch, Mickelson played a nervy game and, despite a finishing bogey, grabbed a one-stroke lead at the U.S. Open heading into Sunday.
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Teeing off on the final hole at the U.S. Open, Justin Rose figured he needed par to seal a victory.
The direction and trajectory of his shot looked good, but not until he walked up the fairway did Rose see that his ball had landed right beside a plaque...